Kyiv, June 3, 2015. At 4 a.m., Russia-backed militants launched an offensive on the Ukrainian military positions near Maryinka and Krasnohorivka using tanks, mortars and the artillery. Despite the escalation of fighting, Ukrainian troops hold control over Maryinka and Krasnohorivka. Ukrainian Armed Forces did not suffer any lethal casualties...

During the past 24 hours, the Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas shelled the positions of ATO [anti-terrorism operation] forces and civilian objects in all directions – in the daytime, they concentrated fire on the seaside direction and on the north of Luhansk region, and since yesterday evening – they concentrated fire on the Donetsk direction....

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Lt. Col. Kyle Reed gave a small update about how things are going during exercise Fearless Guardian. Fearless Guardian is a training exercise for the Ukrainian National Guard at the request of the Ukrainian Government. Fearless Guardian is the name given to the U.S. training and equipping of the National Guard of Ukraine under the...

Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications at U.S. Department of State, Marie Harf, in Daily Press Briefing on June 2, 2015, stated that despite all Russia’s claims, Ukraine was not involved in shooting down the civilian flight MH-17 in the Donetsk region. Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications said that no Ukrainian air defense...

During the past 24 hours (06.01.-06.02.2015), a decrease in the activity of Russian-terrorist forces has been observed during the daytime in the conflict zone in Donbas. In the evening and at nighttime, the number of fire strikes on Ukrainian troop positions has increased dramatically. Throughout yesterday, insurgents used 82-mm and 120-mm...